Millet House · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Gramercy commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 533 jobs are based in Gramercy for 1,276 working residents. Gramercy grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gramercy stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Gramercy than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Gramercy fell from 1,314 in 2013 to 533 in 2023, −59%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
52% of the jobs in Gramercy are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Gramercy
55% of Gramercy residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Gramercy pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Gramercy pay little
27% of the jobs based in Gramercy pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Gramercy
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gramercy is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #43 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Gramercy’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($67,813, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gramercy could be anywhere from C− to A.
What Gramercy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gramercy, 2013 → 2023: 1,314 → 533. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gramercy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Gramercy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,227 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Gramercy on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Lutcher
Where Gramercy clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Gramercy, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gramercy workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,216 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Gramercy to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Gramercy is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gramercy is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #130 of 161 in Louisiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,290 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Gramercy households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gramercy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gramercy is 2,336th of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 260 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,334 | Millvale PA | 3,211 | $73K | 17.2% | 5.5% | 5% | B− |
| 2,335 | Green Township OH | 2,681 | $80K | 10.3% | 6.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,336 | Gramercy LA | 2,689 | $68K | 11.2% | 4.9% | 4% | B− |
| 2,337 | Sleepy Eye MN | 3,461 | $67K | 7.8% | 2.7% | 31% | B− |
| 2,338 | Syracuse NE | 2,006 | $72K | 6.7% | 2.2% | 19% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gramercy, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work next door: 10% of Gramercy’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Lutcher. Darker towns draw more of Gramercy’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Gramercy: questions
What is the median household income in Gramercy?
$67,813 (±$8,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gramercy?
11.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gramercy?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gramercy work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lutcher (10%, 1 mi), New Orleans (6%, 45 mi), Laplace (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gramercy walkable?
Gramercy is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gramercy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gramercy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gramercy
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.